Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.

Until the mid 1990s the tariff was decided by the FINA diving committee, and divers could only select from the range of dives in the published tariff table.

In the early 1970s Jones had a number of hit singles, including " She's a Lady ", " Till ", and " The Young New Mexican Puppeteer ", but in the mid 1970s his popularity declined although he did have a big hit in 1976 with " Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow " which went to No. 1 on the US country chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers.

Until the mid 19th century Sylt was an island almost completely devoid of trees, only artificial plantations created small areas of forest and bush.

Until the mid 1970s, anyone could walk from the Town Center to clothing stores such as Smith's Department Store & Adams Shoes, food stores such as Jones Market & Cantell's, doctor's offices, barber shops, banks such as Woronoco Savings and Third National, and two family owned drugstores ; Southwick Pharmacy & Community Drugs complete with their own lunch counters.

Until the mid 20th century, the railroad station and Main Street were the town center.

Until the mid 1990s, Reading was the home of Joe's Restaurant, a little known eatery owned by Joe Czarnecki.

Until the mid 20th century, cities were generally organized into and developed around mixed-use walkable neighborhoods.

Until the mid 1990s the prize awarded for the best float of the parades was called the Tamuramaro Prize.

Until the mid 18th century there was a ferry between Sandwich and the island ; in 1755 a wooden drawbridge was built, and the ferry was closed.

Until the mid 1980s, Locklear appeared as a series regular on T. J. Hooker, while making semi-regular appearances on Dynasty.

Until their closure in the mid 2000s Anglia Television / ITV Anglia had offices located in Chelmsford city centre.

Until the mid 1960s Long Buckby boasted its own goods marshalling yard which played a very significant role in the once thriving village economy, providing for the import of fuel and consumables for local business and residents as well as delivering the mail and packages to the village post office, and newspapers to the village newsagents.

Until the late 19th century, a monument to Morelos had been here, but this was removed along with the fountain and replaced by a kiosk that was brought from London and remains to this day The last remodeling of the plaza occurred in the mid 20th century under the direction of architect and painter Juan O ' Gorman.

Until the mid 19th century the village was a local centre for brick-making, the local clays being recognised as particularly good since the Roman period.

Until some point in the mid twentieth century most Pākehā considered themselves to be both British and New Zealanders.

Until the mid 1980s there was little, if any, new investment in the sport, with the decline in interest being partially attributed to the complex scoring system, especially as it was a manual process then.

Until mid 2012, the station is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Until mid 1966 when shore installations were prepared to take over the task, messing and quartering of personnel were handled by APL-55, anchored in the harbor.

Until the mid 19th century Gamla stan was simply referred to as själva staden (" the city itself "), which must have made sense since the areas surrounding it were still mostly rural in character and referred to as malmarna (" the ridges ").

Until the mid 19th century, a systematic settling of the area was not thought of.

* 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.

Until the mid 1970s the junction was known as Wards Corner, reflecting the name of the large department store that stood on this corner.

Until the mid 1980s, nursery schools only admitted pupils in the final year ( three terms ) leading up to their admission to primary school, but pupils now attend nursery school for four or five terms.

Until the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used.

Until this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.

Until the early 20th century, unsure of the site of Palaepharsalos, scholars followed Arrian ( 2. 75 ) and located the battle south of the Enipeus or close to Pharsalos ( today's Pharsala ).

Until the 20th century, there was no technology capable of detecting the deviations from Euclidean geometry, but Einstein predicted that such deviations would exist.

Until the late 20th century Protestantism — especially of the Presbyterian variety — was a central value for most Scots, helping shape their identity and way of thinking.

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.

Until the late 20th century, the history of science, especially of the physical and biological sciences, was seen as a narrative of true theories replacing false ones.

Until the early 20th century, formal writing and even much poetry and fiction was done in Literary Chinese, which was modelled on the classics of the Warring States period and Han Dynasty.

Until the 20th century, only a few hundred meteorite finds had ever been discovered.

Until the early 20th century, these tribes had little contact with the Nama, Damara, and Herero, who settled around the central part of the country vying for control of sparse pastureland.

Until the early 20th century, scientists assumed that the majority of synaptic communication in the brain was electrical.

Until the early 20th century, it was hunted for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range.

Until the 20th century the relationship between the Prime Minister vis-a-vis the Sovereign, Parliament and Cabinet was defined entirely by these unwritten conventions of the constitution.

Until the middle of the 20th century the paint used for the outer coating could contain high concentrations of lead and this could be ingested when the pencil was sucked or chewed.

Until the early 20th century rifles tended to be very long ; an 1890 Martini-Henry was almost 2 m ( 6 ft ) in length with a fixed bayonet.

Until the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called " natural philosophers " or " men of science ".

Until the beginning of the 20th century, time was believed to be independent of motion, progressing at a fixed rate in all reference frames ; however, later experiments revealed that time slows at higher speeds of the reference frame relative to another reference frame.

Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life-either nomadic or sedentary-and place of residence.

Until the 20th century, wolf attacks on humans were an occasional, but widespread feature of life in Europe.

Until the early 20th century, the chief ancient buildings at Sparta were the theatre, of which, however, little showed above ground except portions of the retaining walls ; the so-called Tomb of Leonidas, a quadrangular building, perhaps a temple, constructed of immense blocks of stone and containing two chambers ; the foundation of an ancient bridge over the Eurotas ; the ruins of a circular structure ; some remains of late Roman fortifications ; several brick buildings and mosaic pavements.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, straw-twisting was also rather important.

Until the late 20th century bentonite clay was widely used as a mold binder in the manufacture of sand castings.

Until the coming of the 20th century, later logicians followed Aristotelian logic, which includes or assumes the law of the excluded middle.

Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines.

Until the early 20th century, Greeks were uniformly distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, Pontus, Egypt, Cyprus and Constantinople ; many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th century and the Eastern Mediterranean areas of the ancient Greek colonization.